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WOHA Architects based in Singapore have long been proponents of the latest "green city" - which consists of more vegetation than if left as wilderness - and PARKROYAL on Pickering which was designed as a hotel-garden, which doubled the green growth potential of the site. [Source]
ArtScience Museum is one of the attractions at Marina Bay Sands, an integrated resort in Singapore owned by the US Las Vegas Sands company. The architecture is said be a form reminiscent of a lotus flower. Which Opened on 17 February 2011 by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, it is the world's first ArtScience museum. The ArtScience Museum has 21 gallery spaces with a total area of 50,000 square feet (6,000 square meters). [Wiki]
Masjid Sultan is located at Muscat Street and North Bridge Road within the Kampong Glam district of Rochor Planning Area in Singapore. When Singapore was ceded to the British in 1819, Temenggong Abdul Rahman, the island's chief, and Sultan Hussain Shah of Johore, under whose jurisdiction Singapore fell, acquired small fortunes in exchange for their power. Sultan Mosque has stayed essentially unchanged since it was built, with only repairs carried out to the main hall in the 1960s and an annex added in 1993. It was gazetted as a national monument on 14 March 1975. [Wiki]